Twelve Sermons: On 1. Hypocrisy and Cruelty. 2. Drunkenness. 3. Bribery. 4. The Rights of the Poor. 5. Unjust Judges. 6. The Sluggard. 7. Murder. 8. Gaming. 9. Public Robbery. 10. The Unnatural Mother. 11. Forbidden Marriage. 12. Parsons and TithesJ.M. Cobbett, 1823 - 295 pages |
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Page 45
... existence and health of his child , but also for his future welfare , and in welfare is included his good moral conduct . It is very certain that children are , in general , prone to follow , and with great exactness , the example of ...
... existence and health of his child , but also for his future welfare , and in welfare is included his good moral conduct . It is very certain that children are , in general , prone to follow , and with great exactness , the example of ...
Page 74
... existence of poverty is indispensably necessary , whether a people be in a wild or in a civilized state ; because without its existence mankind would be unpossessed of this salu tary fear . But , we are not to look upon poverty as 74 ...
... existence of poverty is indispensably necessary , whether a people be in a wild or in a civilized state ; because without its existence mankind would be unpossessed of this salu tary fear . But , we are not to look upon poverty as 74 ...
Page 90
... existence of the misery . There is merit , certainly in relieving distress ; and the merit is in itself so clear and so amiable , that we ought never too scrupulously to enquire into the motive 90 THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR , AND THE.
... existence of the misery . There is merit , certainly in relieving distress ; and the merit is in itself so clear and so amiable , that we ought never too scrupulously to enquire into the motive 90 THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR , AND THE.
Page 100
... existence of civil society . There must be a common arbiter between man and man , to which arbiter all men must submit . Laws there must be to punish offences ; or there can be no secure possession of goods , no peace , no safety of ...
... existence of civil society . There must be a common arbiter between man and man , to which arbiter all men must submit . Laws there must be to punish offences ; or there can be no secure possession of goods , no peace , no safety of ...
Page 117
... it is made to pronounce death on the petty thief , while it scarcely passes a censure on the grand robber that strips thou- sands of their means of existence ? Can harmony be in a voice like this ? And what care does UNJUST JUDdges . 117.
... it is made to pronounce death on the petty thief , while it scarcely passes a censure on the grand robber that strips thou- sands of their means of existence ? Can harmony be in a voice like this ? And what care does UNJUST JUDdges . 117.
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